Definition of raise

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Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff..

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Admirable :: Admirable (a.) Having qualities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things.
Graining :: Graining (n.) A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised..
Banquette :: Banquette (n.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.
Commendation :: Commendation (n.) The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.
Ridge :: Ridge (n.) A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc..
Nap :: Nap (v. t.) To raise, or put, a nap on..
Stiltbird :: Stilt (v. t.) To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts..
Ungrave :: Ungrave (v. t.) To raise or remove from the grave; to disinter; to untomb; to exhume.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc..
Fill :: Fill (a.) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like..
Imbankment :: Imbankment (n.) The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment..
Tontine :: Tontine (n.) An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance..
Agger :: Agger (n.) An earthwork; a mound; a raised work.
Fume :: Fume (n.) The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
Mount :: Mount (v. t.) To raise aloft; to lift on high.
Dispraiser :: Dispraiser (n.) One who blames or dispraises.
Woolgrower :: Woolgrower (n.) One who raises sheep for the production of wool.
Stum :: Stum (n.) Unfermented grape juice or wine, often used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid wines; must..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to..
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